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Hi-hat Barks | Live Lesson Archive

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This live drum lesson tackles a funky technique sometimes called hi-hat barks. This allows us to make staccato accents, often in syncopated phrases within the bar.

Sexy Sextuplet Paradiddles

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Sexy Sextuplet Paradiddles. This is a really fun paradiddle drum fill with a twist because we dip a toe into implied metric modulation which might deceive the listener into thinking we've changed tempo.

How to play a rock drum solo | Live Lesson Archive

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This live drum lesson breaks down how to play a rock drum solo.

Awesome Tom Rhythm | Live Lesson Archive

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This live drum lesson breaks down an awesome tom tom drum beat. It's actually a fairly straight forward funk beat but we will transform it into an exciting, pounding tom tom rhythm.

Five Note Phrases | Live Lesson Archive

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This live drum lesson breaks down five note phrases in fills so we can create more interesting fills than the usual predictable fills that we tend to learn when we start drumming.

Queen - Roger Taylor

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This mini drum course breaks down the drum parts of Roger Taylor from Queen. It focuses on Queen's hits from the 1970s.